St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-22

there we VIII ask to be shown the apostolic
residences, and ask where does Paul live,
and John, and shown the patriarchal resi-
dences, and shall say: ''Where does Abra-
ham live, or Jacob3n and shown the mar
tyrresidences and say: 'W here does John
Huss live, and Ridley?n We will want to
see the boulevards where the chariots Of
conquerors roll. l will want to see the
gardens where the Princes walked.
| We will want to see Music Row, where
Handel, and Haydn and Mozart, and
Charles Wesley, and Thomas Hastings,
and Bradbury, have theic homes, out of
their windows, ever and anon, rolling some
sonnet of an earthly oratorio or hymn
transported with the composer. We will
wait to see Revival Terrace, where White
field, and Nettleton, and Payson, and Row.
land Hill, and Charles Fnney, and other
giants of soul reaping, are resting from
their almost supernatural labors, their
doors thronged with converts Just ar
rived, coming to report themselves.
But brilliant as the sunset and like the
leaves for number, are the celestial homes
yet to be awarded, when Christ to you, and
millions of others, shall divide the spoil.
What do you want therel You shall have
it. An orchard? There it is; twelve man
ner of fruit, and fruit every month.
Do you want river sccnery2 Take your
| choice on the banks of the river, in
| longer. wider. deeper roll than Danube, or
| Amazon, or MISSISSIPPI, II mingled IN one,
and emptying into the sea of glass, mingled
with fire. Do you want your kindred back
again? Go out and meet your father and
| mother without the staff or stoop, and your
| children in dance of immortal glee. Do
you want a throne? Select it from the mill
ion FURNISHED elevations 10 you want a
| crowns Pick it out of that mountain of
diamond coronets Do you want your old
| church friends of earth around you? Begin
| to hum an old revival tune and they will
flock from all quarters to revel with you in
| sacred "Reminiscences All the earth for
| those who are here on earth at the time of
continental and planetary distribution, and
| all the heavens for those who are there.
That Heavenly distribution of spoils will
| be surprise to many. Here enters Heaven
| the soul Of a man who took up great deal
| of room on earth, but sacrificed little, and
among his good works selishness was evil
dent. He just crowds through the shining
gate, but tits very tight squeeze, SO that
the doorkeeper has to pull away to get him
in, and this man expects half of Heaven
for his share of trophies, and he would
like monopoly of all his splendor and to
pun ludoC lObS LII IllO SupUl Do ~ IiII1t llC
could get advantage from the growth of
the city. Well, he had little grace of
heart just enough to get him through, and
to him is given secondhand crown,
which one Of the saints wore at the start,
but exchanged for a brighter one as he
went on from glory to glory. And he is
put in an old house once occupied by an an
gel who was hurled out of Heaven at the
time Of Satan's rebellion.
Right after him comes soul that makes
a great stir among the celestials, and the
angels rush to the scene, each brin ging |
her a dazzling coronet. Who is shea Over |
what realm on earth was she queen? In
what great Dusseldorf festival was she the |
cantatricel Neither She was an invalid |
who never left her room for twenty years;
but she was strong in prayer, and she |
prayed down revival after revival, and PEN |
tecost after pentecost, upon the churches, |
and with her pale hands she knit many !
mitten or tippet for the poor, and with her
contrivanccs she added joy to many a holl-
day festival, and now, with those thin |
hands so strong for kindness, and with !
those white lips so strong for suppGcation, i
she has won coronation, and enthrone-
ment, and jubilee. And Christ says to the
angels who have brought each crown for
the glori6ed invalid: mo, not these; they
are not good enough. But in the ieweled |
vase at the right hand side of my throne
there is one that have been preparing for
many year, and for her every pang Ihave
set an amethyst, and for her every good
have set pearl Fetch it now and fulfill
the promise / gave her long ago IN the
sick room: ''Be thou faithful unto death
and will give thee crown of life.'
But notice that there is only one being in
the universe who can and will distribute
the trophies of Heaven and earth. 1t is
the Devine ruler, the COMMUNICATIVE Chief
of the centuries, the Champion of the ages,
the Universal ConquerOr, the Son of God,
Jesus. You will take the spols from His
hand, or never take them at all. Have
His friendship and you may defy all time
and eternity; but without it you were a
pauper, though you had a universe at your
command.
We are told in Revelation that Jacobs
twelve sons were SO honored as to have
the twelve gates of Heaven named after
them-over one gate of Heaven, Naphtali;
over another gate of Heaven, Issachar;
over another, Dan; over another, Cad:
over another, Zebulon; over another,
Judah, and so on. But Christ's name is
written over ali the gates and on every
panel of the gates, and have His help His
pardon, His intercession, His atonement I
must or be a forlorn wretch forever. My
Lord and My God! make me and all who
hear me this day, and all to whom these
words shall come, be Thy repentant, be-
lieving, sworn, consecrated and ransomed
followers forever
What day it will bel This entire assem-
olage would rise to your feet if you could
realize it, the day in which Christ shall, in
'ulfillment ofmy text, divide the spoil 1t
was great day when Queen Victoria, in
he nidst of the Crimean war, distributed
medals to the soldiers who had come home {
sick and wounded. At the Horse Guards, s
n the presence of the royal family, the in {
ured men were carried in or came on /
Trowbridge, who lost {
both feet at Inkerman; and Captain Sayer, Y
who had the ankle joint of his right leg i